The Lagos State Commissioner for Surroundings and Water Assets, Tokunbo Wahab stated operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps have arrested fourteen miscreants within the Oshodi space of the state for harassing passengers and that they are going to be prosecuted.
Wahab who made the disclosure on Thursday on his verified X deal with (previously Twitter), vowed that the arrested individuals shall be prosecuted in accordance with the Lagos State environmental legislation.
“Fourteen miscreants who’re harassing passersby and passengers at Terminal 3 in Oshodi had been earlier right this moment apprehended.
“They’ve been profiled and can be prosecuted in accordance with the Lagos State environmental legislation,” he stated.
The arrests are in accordance with sustaining legislation and order with the environmental coverage for a cleaner and saner Lagos.
In a associated improvement, the Lagos State Environmental Safety Company (LASEPA) and the Ogun State Environmental Safety Company (OGEPA) have launched a joint media marketing campaign to ban open defecation alongside the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, significantly concentrating on the median from OPIC Plaza to Otedola Bridge.
Simply because the initiative goals to boost public well being and environmental sustainability by stopping the unfold of cholera and different communicable ailments, the marketing campaign additionally targets restoration of the aesthetic attraction of the important hall, often called a gateway to Lagos, sometimes called the nation’s Centre of Excellence and Africa’s fourth-largest financial system.
